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Unnamed Site

Past Producer in Cochabamba, Bolivia with commodities Magnesite, Talc-Soapstone
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006490
MRDS ID BL30028
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Site

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.61223, -17.13823 (WGS84)
Elevation 1750
Relative position 11.5 KM S15E OF MENDOZA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochabamba(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Cochabamba
Bolivia Cochabamba

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Magnesite Primary
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnesite Ore
Talc Ore
Dolomite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Metamorphosed

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Limbo Formation
    Rock description Limbo Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.61223, -17.13823
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940

Mining district

District name Chapare

Comments on the production information

  • BULK SAMPLE FOR METALLURGICAL TESTING.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOLETIN 5, P. 317-320

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    AHLFELD AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA (1964) P. 320.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-APR-1994 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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